First I would like to say this issue has never happened until today.
This morning I turned on car everything is fine, I drive about 3 mins and all of a sudden my car dies on a stop light while idling. I try to turn it back on, it would start but it is only able to idle for a split second before it dies again.
I push it to the side of rode. For about 30 mins I try to start the car but it just would not hold idle it would die 1-2 seconds later after car starts. So I tried starting it and giving it gas, but it would just sputter and die immediately. I ended up walking home and left it alone for 10 hours while researching on the problem.
So I decided first thing I would do is clean the IAC/throttle body.
So after leaving the car for 10 hours, I just wanted to see if it would start and idle fine again. Long behold it starts up and idles perfectly fine...I was even able to drive it to autozone which was just 1 block away to buy the throttle body cleaner. As soon as I got their it died again :crying:
So I ended up cleaning the IAC/throttle body(very dirty) I start it up and let it idle. It idled fine for about 2-3 mins before it died again. So it seems the IAC/throttle body was not the problem. But this time I did notice I was able to rev the engine and keep it at 3k RPM without it dying. When I let it idle again it died 1 minute later.
So now here is the weird things that started to happen. I tried to drive it home, I started noticing my front lights would stay off I had to turn it back on. Then sometimes only one front light would stay on.... so I would jsut turn it off and turn it back on and both would stay on again. While trying to drive it home it would die every 1-2 mins. Sometimes I was able to drive it for about 1 minute before it dies. And sometimes I would start it and as soon as I pressed the gas pedal it would die... Sometimes I can start it up REV it to 3k RPM but as soon as I idle it dies. So I started to notice if I wait a little longer before starting it up again I am able to press the gas pedal without it dying and drive it for 1min before it dies again.
Just wanted to say that I never had any check engine lights before this happened. But I did notice that the yellow check engine light would turn on now when the car is about to die, but no check engine light when the car is running.
Can anyone give me an input of where I should start? Thank you
This morning I turned on car everything is fine, I drive about 3 mins and all of a sudden my car dies on a stop light while idling. I try to turn it back on, it would start but it is only able to idle for a split second before it dies again.
I push it to the side of rode. For about 30 mins I try to start the car but it just would not hold idle it would die 1-2 seconds later after car starts. So I tried starting it and giving it gas, but it would just sputter and die immediately. I ended up walking home and left it alone for 10 hours while researching on the problem.
So I decided first thing I would do is clean the IAC/throttle body.
So after leaving the car for 10 hours, I just wanted to see if it would start and idle fine again. Long behold it starts up and idles perfectly fine...I was even able to drive it to autozone which was just 1 block away to buy the throttle body cleaner. As soon as I got their it died again :crying:
So I ended up cleaning the IAC/throttle body(very dirty) I start it up and let it idle. It idled fine for about 2-3 mins before it died again. So it seems the IAC/throttle body was not the problem. But this time I did notice I was able to rev the engine and keep it at 3k RPM without it dying. When I let it idle again it died 1 minute later.
So now here is the weird things that started to happen. I tried to drive it home, I started noticing my front lights would stay off I had to turn it back on. Then sometimes only one front light would stay on.... so I would jsut turn it off and turn it back on and both would stay on again. While trying to drive it home it would die every 1-2 mins. Sometimes I was able to drive it for about 1 minute before it dies. And sometimes I would start it and as soon as I pressed the gas pedal it would die... Sometimes I can start it up REV it to 3k RPM but as soon as I idle it dies. So I started to notice if I wait a little longer before starting it up again I am able to press the gas pedal without it dying and drive it for 1min before it dies again.
Just wanted to say that I never had any check engine lights before this happened. But I did notice that the yellow check engine light would turn on now when the car is about to die, but no check engine light when the car is running.
Can anyone give me an input of where I should start? Thank you
